**Devastating Plunge**
The night was deep, and inside the luxurious car, the air hung heavy with the suffocating scent of blood. His large hand, like an iron vice, clamped around her jaw, pinning her slender body against the plush leather seat. Her eyes widened in terror, yet there was nowhere to escape. A cold, savage invasion, steeped in punishment, descended upon her.
She tasted blood, and involuntary tears welled in her eyes. She struggled desperately, but it was like being crushed beneath a boulder, utterly motionless.
“Aren’t you sent by Shi Yubai? Why the act?” His voice was a blade forged in ice, each word carving into her eardrums. His bottomless eyes held no trace of desire, only icy mockery and bone-deep revulsion. She shook her head frantically, but her throat felt stuffed with cotton, unable to utter a sound.
He gave her no chance to explain, nor had he ever intended to listen.
The long, humiliating night eventually gave way to dawn.
In the morning, she sat in the passenger seat like a discarded rag doll, utterly devoid of hope. He casually tossed a bank card at her; its cold, sterile surface was as blinding as the figure it represented: ten million.
“Mission accomplished. Take the money and get out.” His voice remained glacial, like a death sentence, devoid of a single degree of warmth.
Humiliation, like a tidal wave, engulfed her. Anger screamed in her chest, but ultimately dissolved into boundless despair and helplessness. Did this ten million purchase her dignity, her future, or… everything she might ever possess?
1
A month later, the damn results arrived as expected.
“Congratulations, Miss Jiang, you’re pregnant—with twins.” The doctor’s voice buzzed in her ears, but each word detonated like thunder in her reeling mind. “The pregnancy is unstable; you must rest completely, otherwise… you might suffer lifelong infertility.”
But she couldn’t keep them. Absolutely not. She was only nineteen, her life, her future, hadn’t even begun.
Before she could fully process the news, the classroom door was thrown open with a crash. Her aunt’s shrill voice, like a knife, sliced through the air and pierced her: “Jiang Nuan! You little tramp, who told you to come to school? You’ve already squandered all our family’s money!”
Her uncle roughly shoved her aside, his face contorted with anger and a hint of disgust. The paper in her pocket, unable to be concealed, fluttered lightly to the cold floor.
“Pregnant?!” Her aunt’s shriek tore through the classroom’s dead silence, hurting everyone’s eardrums. Her uncle’s face instantly turned ashen, his eyes wishing they could devour her whole. The whispers and scornful murmurs of her classmates were like invisible slaps, each one stinging her face.
“Please, can we… can we go home and talk?” she pleaded weakly, her voice thick with tears. She knew she absolutely couldn’t reveal who the father of the children was.
“Home? Are you going to bring this bastard home to shame our Jiang family?! You shameless hussy, I’ll beat you to death today!” Her aunt’s uncontrolled outburst was like a dull knife, repeatedly carving into her heart.
At nineteen, an age that should have been in full bloom, her world crumbled in an instant, shattering into irreparable pieces.
Who could tell her which path to take now?
She's a broke college girl, while he's the untouchable heir they call "Master J". Their worlds couldn't be more different, until a twist of fate ties them together. As nosy relatives cling to her sudden rise and a jealous childhood sweetheart tries to tear them apart, their bond is pushed to the edge. But through every storm, love seems to be stronger than doubt. Will they overcome it all, or just let it go?
